Cosette Coram

45-25 42nd Street Apt 2E

Phone: (917) 692-3987
Sunnyside, NY 11104
cc654c64@westpost.net
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
01/08-6/10 New York City School Construction Authority, Long Island City, NY
Operations Manager (Consultant)
* Principal Advisor to various department managers regarding cost estimate, adj
ustments and preparations for contracts
* Responsible for developing, implementing, and recommending policies, programs
and procedures designed to improve operations within the SCA
* Review milestone submissions and estimates through project notification tracki
ng various excel reports
* Project Control team facilitator, working with IT to develop and maintain comp
uter generated reports
* Manage monthly forecasts, actual, and budget using advanced excel functions
* Prepare reconciliations of active and expired contracts
* Analyze, Track, and produce financial reports for Capacity and Capital Improve
ment Program projects
* Assign & Prioritizes the feasibility & CIP workload with design directors and
managers to meet FY goals
06/04-07/07 LEHMAN BROTHERS, New York, NY
Analyst
* Assessed compensation recommendations based on performance reviews and headcou
nt
* Collaborated with IT department CAO on operational functions and communicated
updates to staff
* Managed Data Quality Coordinators (DQC's) within the IT department
* Interfaced between Department Chief Administrative Officers and department spa
ce allocation managers
* IT CAO contact for HR, Finance, Business Continuity Planning, Desktop Support,
and Corporate Real Estate
* Managed space allocation for IT department through ADB, relocations, analysis,
research , and conflict resolution
* Created and maintained linked Excel spreadsheets for budget purposes, space al
location projects, and weekly reports that were presented to the CIO
* Approved all out of policy purchases, expenses, departmental moves, & managed
tracking systems
* Variance analysis which included actual vs. budget, forecast vs. actual using
excel
* Worked with IT developers to improve and test database functionality to aid di
visional reporting needs
01/99-05/03 MORGAN STANLEY, New York, NY
Executive Administrative Assistant
* Scheduled meetings for Private Wealth Management and Investment Management
* Screened candidates for the Project Office for Senior Managers
* Expense reporting for Senior Officers
06/96-11/98 RANDSTAD, Atlanta, GA
Olympic Games Coordinator, Administrative Assistant
* Provided training to sales process support team on using Excel, Power Point, a
nd MS Word
* Assisted leaders and athletes as a liaison between cultures to sustain an effi
cient schedule
* Other various job functions
10/94-06/96 THE LIMITED INCORPORATED, Syracuse, NY
Assistant Store Manager
* Assisted with visual merchandising and marketing
* Responsible for enforcing store policies and procedures, and delegating work a
mong staff
* Oversaw daily store operations including sales forecasts, and inventory manage
ment
* Recruited, interviewed, and trained new associates
EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Arts May 1995
Major: Psychology
01/93-04/93 UNIVERSITE de STRASBOURG, Strasbourg, France (Semester Abroad)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Software: BEN, Peoplesoft, Essbase, Quark, Office XP, MS Word 5.1, Excel 5.1, Po
wer Point 5.1, Word Perfect, MS Works, Visio 5.0 & 2000, MS Publisher, Qxpense,
Documentum, My Content, Outlook: Messenger, Calendar, Contacts, Netscape: Messen
ger, Calendar, Composer, Scheduler, Navigator, Lotus Notes Operating Systems: Wi
ndows NT, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, and Windows 98, Windows 95, var
ious in house data base systems